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H. B. VINCENT.

Broom Head. No. 60,291. Patented Dec. 4,1866.

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IMPROVED BROOM-HEAD.

H SPECIFICATION; TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. B. VINCENT, of Oshkosh, in the county ofWinnebago, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulimprovement in Brooms; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make anduse the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part o this specification, in which--Figure 1 is a side view of my improved broom, part being broken away toshow the construction.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line:v x, fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of the same, taken through the line 3/, fig.1, the corn being omitted.

M'y invention hasfor its object to furnish a firm and substantial broom,and one that can readilybe refilled when desired; and it consists,first, in a'broom-head formed with downwardly projecting side and edgearms;

second, in the combination of a sliding band with the arms of thebroom-head; third, in the combination of the;

binding harswith the sliding band, and with the arms of thelbroom-he'ad,as hereinafter more fully described."

The top or upper part, A, of the broom-head is made flat, as shown inthe drawings, and has a hole made through its central part for thepassage of the handle, B; into this hole is fitted a short tube, 0, bothfor the sake of preventingthe sharp edge of the plate, A, from wearingthe handle, and also to furnish. a firmer bear ing for the handle. Tothe side edge of the plate, A, are attached side plates,]), forming thesides of the broom-head. These plates, D, extend down far enough toreceive and contain the. upper ends of 'the corn,

To the end edges of the. plates, A, and to the side plates, D, areattached the edge plates or arms, These plates or arms, F, arecurved, asshown, so as to pass round the edges of the broom, and they extenddown-as far as it isfnecessary that the corn should be supported. tomake a firm. broom. The side arms, G, are madein one piece, which passesover the top of the broom inside of the plates, A and D, and has a holepierced-through it for the passage of the handle, B as shown in fig. 2.H is a sliding band, which passes around the broomat the lower ends ofthe arms, F and G, as shown in the drawings,.and whichconfines the cornin proper shape, giving strength and firmness to the broom. The loweredges of this band, H,'are slightly turned outward, so

as to. prevent its edge from cuttingthe corn. Both the lower and upperedges of theband, H, are made circular, as shown in fig. 1, which givesa neater' appearance to the broom. The broom is further stifiened by thebinding bars, I, which have the same curve as the edges of the band,H,.1and' are placed on each side of the broom about the middle of theband, H, as shown in figs... 1, 2, and '3. The binding barsrL slidingband H, and 1 arms G are secured to each other, clamping .the cornfirmly to its place by bolts, J, passing through the broom. and screwinginto one of the bars, I. Upon the projecting ends of these screw-boltsJ, may be placed nutsi to prevent said projecting ends from catchingupon and tearing articles of clothing with which they may co nie incontact while the broom is being used. The lowerend of the handle, B, ismade larger than the-upper end, and has 'a' shoulder formed upon it, asshown in fig. 2. Thisshoulder rests against the under side of the topplates,

and thus giv es greaterstrength to the broom. The handle, B, is insertedfrom the lower-side 'ofthe broomhead, and is secured inlplacebyscrews,K, passing through the sides of the broom-head and into the lower ens;

of the handle, as shown in fig. 2. v p p In filling the broom-head," thebolts, J, and binding bars, I, are removed and the band, H, slipped up;this allows the corn to be readily inserted in its place. The band, H,is then slid back to its place, thebars, Lend bolts, J, attached, andthe broom is complete.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ist I claimthe combination of the projecting side and edge arms with the slidingband H,.and binding rods I,

all substantially as and for the purpose set forth. p v p The abovespecification of my invention, signed by me this 14th day of February,1866.

Witnesses:

H. B. JAcKson, R. MOCURDY.

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